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W. YOUNG. M. NEIL 82; C. M. WETZEL.

IMPLEMENT FOR DRIVING STAPLES- N0. 288 19l. Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

. UNITED STATES PATENT Fries \VESLEY YOUNG, MICHAEL NEIL, AND CHARLES M. VVETZEL, 'OF DAYTON, OHIO; SAID NEIL AND W'ETZELASSIGNORS TO SAID YOUNG.

IMPLEMENT FOR DRIVING STAPLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,191, dated November 6, 1883. Application filed April 23,1883. (No model.)

Be it known that we, WnsLEY YOUNG, MrcHnnL N IL, and CHARLES M. YVETZEL, all of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Implement for Driving Staples; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,-clear, and exact description of the same, referencebei-ng had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

- This invention has for its object to provide an improved implement for driving the staples used to secure the wires to their supports in the construction of wire fences and wired hedgefences; and it consists in certain novelties of construction and combinations of parts,

- which we will first describe and then point out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification. 7

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of our improved implement. vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line m, Fig. 1, the staple holding and feeding devices being turned back, as shown in dotted lines on said Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view, showing a plan of the stock of the instrument at the point where the staples are fed into it. Fig. 5 is a view of the discharge end of the implement.

Fig. 6 shows the position of the end of the implement when applying a staple to a hedge plant. Figs. 7 and 8 are views of different forms of staples.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the same parts A representsthe body or stock of the implement, consisting of a barof metal, preferably about two feet in length, and having a recess or groove, B, preferably rectangular in form, extendingfrom end to end of the bar and adapted to receive a sliding plunger or driving-rod, C, as shown in the several figures. The outer end of the stock A is provided with an enlarged head, 1), having, preferably, four outwardly-flaring prongs or points, (Z d d d, which embrace and hold onto the post or-plant Fig. 2 is .a longitudinal into which the staple or staples are to be driven, 5,0

and serve to steady the implement in position while in use, and also having projections p 19, between which the wire is held in applying the staple.

Hinged to the stock A is the staple holder 5 5 and feeder, consisting of a base-piece, E, hinged at e, and carrying a fixed bar, F, extending at substantially right angles therefrom, upon which a quantity of staples, S, are adapted to be slipped, and carrying also another bar or keeper, G, hinged to it at g, and adapted,when closed up against a projection, f, on the fixed bar F, to stand parallel to the edge of said bar F, but at a distance therefrom slightly greater than the thickness of the back of the staples, 6 5- so as to prevent the lateral displacement of the staples and insure theirbeing fed regularly along the bar F without obstruction. A catch, H, pivoted to the keeper-bar G is adapted to swing over and-embrace feed-bar F and secure the bars together, and a spring, I, bearing upon said catch, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, operates to hold the catch either open or closed, as shown in Fig. 1. Any

other suitable means for locking the bars may 7 5 be employed, if desired. The lower end of the feed-bar F terminates about on a level with the top of the main stock A, directly overthe middleoi' the longitudinal groove or channel B staple would rest, if gnu down the feed-bar F, is cut away, as shown at K'K in Fig. 4, so as to permit a staple fed down the'bar F to rest upon the bottoms of opposite grooves, LL, ex

' tending from back of the cut-away portions 85 K K, diagonally down opposite sides of the plunger-channel B to the discharge end or head of the implement, where they terminate at about the middle of the plunger-channel, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5. struction it is evident that when the plunger or drive-rod is drawn back of the cut-away portion K K, the lowest staple on the feedbar F will drop down into the grooves or channels L L, and when the plunger is moved for- 5 ward again its end will strike the back of the staple and force the latter along down, diagonally, in said grooves and out the discharge 7 the upper end of the and that portion of the stock A on which a From this con- 0 4. In a staple-driver, the combination, with the stock, having plunger and staple slots, and the plunger, of esteple-feed bar, arranged above the entrance to the stepleslots, and con- 5 nected to a. hinged support which permits it to be thrown back to expose the entrance to the staple-slots, substantially as described.

' 5. The combination, with the feed-bar, of i the base-piece, the keeper-bar hinged to the IO base-piece, the catch pivoted to the keeper bar and adapted to swing over and embrace the upper end of the feed-bar, and the spring bearing upon said catch, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the stock, of the hinged base-piece, carrying the feed-bar and the keeper, and the means for locking the basepiece to the stock, substantially as described.

7. In a staple-driver, the combination, with .the stock and the plunger operating therein, 20

of the laterally-projecting arm constituting a.

'bearing for the operators leg, substantially as MICHL. NEIL. CHAS. M. WETZEL.

Witnesses:

WM. H. YOUNG, A. S. STEWART. 

